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ZIOKT MZDrORD (OREGON) 01eky Devemxdls TEC Vktoiry Dim - i Cockell Down Three Times; Wins Praise Br JACK CUDDY United PrM Spoils Writer San Francisco U.R) Pro moter Jim Norrii said today he hoped to re-match Rocky Mar ciano and Don Cockell of Eng land "in the not too distant fu ture," but, meanwhile, Marciano "certainly will defend again in September" against some other contender. Norris added, "Cockell won American hearts last night with his game stand against xne thamn." Unbeaten Rocky, while mak- inir his fifth defense of the world hMwweieht crown, used his brand new left uppercut effec tively against the champion 01 AAotorcycle Field Meet On Sunday An "open" field meet on Sun .day, May 22, at Copper camp ground will inaugurate the rid ing season for the Rogue River Ramblers Motorcycle club. The camp is on the upper Ap plegate river. This "open" get-together will b the first of its type for the Ramblers. Previously the field meet has been for local mem bers. All cyclists are invited. Affiliation with a club is not necessary for participation. A number of riders are expected from Myrtle Point. Roseburg and Klamath Falls districts. Contestants will be judged on ooint svstem of five, three and one for first, second and j third Tronmes will so to tne top three places on the point basis. Equipment Considered Competition committeemen, in planning a full afternoon program, have taken into con sideration the type of equip ment which may appear. Ramb lers stated that each rider will be given an equal chance and winners will be judged on rid ing ability. Events for broad sliding artists will be held under separate rulea with ' aeparate points. Field meet events will start at 1:30 p.m. The public is in vited. The meet will give cyclists of the various localities a chance to become acquainted and to do a little "bench-racing." Cards Trip Bucs, 6-0 St. Louis (U.R) Rookie southpaw Luis Arroyo hurled the St. Louis Cardinals to a 6-0 triumph over the Pittsburgh Pir ates here yesterday in the only game scheduled - in the major leagues. The win gave the Cards a sweep of their three-game set with the Pirates. During the three games, the Redbirds lim ited Pittsburgh to a grand total of one run and 13 hits. Arroyo, who pitched last year for Columbus, Ga., in the Sally league and Houston in the Tex as league, limited the Pirates to six hits in scoring his third win without a loss. Bill Virdon, a strong candi date for rookie of the year hon ors this season, and Wally Moon, who won last year's award, each hit his fifth homer to pace the Cardinals' 11-hit attack. Catcher Bill Sarni weighed in with four hits and scored the Cardinals' first run in the second inning. The Pirates threatened only once in the fifth when Jack Shepard singled and George Freese doubled with none out, but Arroyo retired the next three batters on easy chances. Pittsburgh .000 000 000 0 6 1 St. Louis Oil 001 21x 6 11 0 Kline. Law (8 and Shepard. Arroyo 3-0 and Sarni. Losing pitcher Kline (2-4). t Game Administration Expert Slates Study Portland (U.R) One of the nation's top authorities on fish and game administration is com ing to Oregon to study opera tions of the State Game Com mission. He jis Ira N. Gabrielson. presi dent of the Wildlife Management Institute of Washington, D. C, and former director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Phil Schneider, state game director, said the commission, in bringing him to Oregon, is soliciting an "outside, unbiased review of our entire program in order to sup plement our own thinking on all matters." K- said Gabrielson would sub mit a report after a study of from one week to 10 days. MAIL TRIBUNE the British Empire and scored a technical knockout over him at 54 seconds of the ninth round in Kezar Stadium. "I did most of my damage with the left uppercut," said the un marked champion today. "It's a new punch I've been practicing a lot. Of course I worked on his body too." The combined head and body attack before 35,000 fans in the chilly stadium hammered chunky Cockell into bloody helplessness, floored him three times and stopped him in the ninth round. Rocky, fresh from his 48th straight victory as a professional, praised lavishly the brown-haired hog farmer of Horam, Eng. The swarthy "Rock" from Brock ton, Mass., declared, "I've fought a lot of brave men in my time, but this fellow was tops." Cockell Wants Rematch The courageous 26-year-old challenger disclosed today that John Simpson, his manager, had wanted to stop the fight in the sixth round. "But I wouldn't let him," said the brown-haired husky with the inch-long plaster high on his forehead. "I was bound I'd beat him, and I'm sor ry I didn't. But I'd like to fight him again." According to promoter Norris of the International Boxing Club, Don will get another shot at the title "just as soon as he goes out and gets himself two or three good wins." ; Manager Simpson, who staged a frenzied scene in the dressing room, had quieted down today, and he, too, wanted a return bout with Rocky, "but this time in England under English rules." Monday night Simpson tried 0 nave all sports writers thrown out of the dressing room as he shrieked. "You've done every thing to my kid, including try ing to murder him with a bloody sledge hammer." Apparently he was referreing to Rocky as the' "hammer." Simpson charged that referee Frankie Brown had permitted the bobbing and weaving Rocky to "butt him, use elbows and wrists, hit twice after the bell and hit low." Although Cockell proved a comparatively poor drawing card Monday night, Norris said, "He will be a great attraction in the future." Possible Contenders Norris said the September challenger for Rocky would probably be the winner of next month's light heavyweight title fight between Archie Moore, the 175-pound king, and middle-1 weight champion Bobo Olson, or big Bob Baker of Pittsburgh. Rocky, who scaled 189 pounds to Cockell's 205, is a compara tively small heavyweight. "He would not be too big for either Moore or Olson," Norris said, "and he would be much smaller than Baker." Thirty-year-old Marciano, who hadn't fought since he suffered an inch-long nose split against Ezzard Charles last September, gashed Cockell's forehead with a left uppercut in the fourth round. The first of the three knock downs came at the end of the eighth round. Cockell, who suf fered an awesome battering from the second round on, was struck in the back of the neck with an overhand right and knocked half way through the ropes onto the ring apron. When the count reached "three," the bell rang. His handlers helped Don back to his stool. In the ninth, a left hook stag gered Don, a right knocked him half to the canvas, and a left hook dropped him completely to his knees for the count of seven. Battered Across Ring When the groggy challenger lurched to his feet, he was bat tered across the ring into the ropes and pitched forward and fell to his. knees. There he took the count of "five." Again hei rose gamely. Marciano was bat tering him mercilessly when the referee heeded the pleas of fans and sports writers and stopped the fight. The sixth knockout in Cock ell's career snapped his winning streak at 10 straight, and gave Marciano his 42nd kayo triumph in 60 straight victories. Cockell's best round was the second. In that session, the chunky challenger outclassed Marciano with left jabs and straight rights and landed only one good punch near the end of the round. That was the only frame given Don by a ring of ficial. Judge Jack Downey and Referee Frank Brown favored him 6-5 on points and Judge John Basenelli had it even, 5V to 5Vi. Under the California scoring system, 11 points are divided be tween the two fighters in each round. Tueiday, May I7' 1955 YMe With Big Don Gains Courageous Battle in Bout San Francisco (U.R) Rocky Marciano still is heavyweight champion of the world, but the man who may be world champ ion for pure courage is Don Cockell, the British lad who was beaten into near insensibility Monday night. Cockell lost but he gained all the friends as he took a ter rific pasting from the champ ion. Tops In Courago "I've fought a lot of brave men in my time," said Marciano after the battle, "but for sheer courage, Cockell is tops." Marciano is known as the "blockbuster" and he let loose some of his heaviest bombs on Cockell, but the British boy kept coming back for more. Asked if he didn't feel sorry for the challenger when Cockell was in no condition to defend himself in the late rounds, Mar ciano replied: "He still had his hands up and he was coming to me. I had to keep Tutting him. What else could I do?" The fight was finally stopped after 54 seconds of the ninth round. At that time Cockell was in such bad condition that re Choose an Appropriate 'GIFT For the Boy Graduate! Shop Every Wednesday Until Remember V Friends by porters didn't expect him to be able to speak in the dressing room. But within 10 minutes after the fight, "Our Don," as the British writers refer to him, was speaking with a cultured accent and in full possession of his fa culties. Caldwell Leads Eagles7 Victory Eagle Point Bill Caldwell's combined pitching and hitting sparked Eagle Pint to a 9 to 1 victory over Ashland in a base ball game here yesterday. Caldwell, who allowed only three scratch singles, collected two hits in three trips" to the plate, one of them a triple in the third inning which scored two runs. Bob Stewart also hit two for three for Eagle Poin. One of Sewart's hits was a double in the sixth frame. Caldwell struck out eight and walked four, while Fitch and Moore for Ashland gave up six hits, fanned 10 and issued four bases on balls. LINESCORES: Ashland 000 100 01 3 4 Eaele Point : 102 051 x 9 6 1 Fitch. Moore (5) and Sword; Cald well and Tresham. New Notes Em A buoyant, sponge-soft LET US HELP YOU $1195 ... If Men Wear o) u uvi P livl m THE BUDS FOR RougK FigHt Charge Hit By Al Weill San Francisco (U.R) Al Weill, manager of Rocky Marci ano, replied heatedly today to the charges that the champion had used roughhouse tactics in beating English challenger Don Cockell last night. Weill said, "I am very sur prised in one way that Simpson has been accusing Rocky of us ing rough stuff against Cockell, but in another way I'm not be cause he started to yell about fouls two weeks ago. Fought Clean Fight "Actually Rocky fought a very clean fight. He wasn't warned once by the referee. The cut on Cockell's forehead was not caused b ya butt. It came from a left uppercut that hit Cockell when he was bending sideways in the fourth round. "I've offered Cockell a return bout sometime in the future but if he keeps making those charges that are completely the bunk I may have to reconsider my of fer." Allie Columbo, Rocky's boy hood friend and assistant trainer who worked in the corner, said, "That was one of his cleanest fights. As a matter 'of fact, if there was any rough stuff in the bout, it was Cockell who was doing it, pushing the Rock around half the time when they came to close quarters." NAIA TRACK MEET Portland (U.R) Top track snd field performers from North west Conference and Oregon Collegiate Conference schools are expected here May 28 for the first annual NAIA district 2 track meet, Director Eldon Fix said today. In ... cushion insole keeps your foot 'aloft in FLORSHEIM SHOES with Flexole Millions of bouncy cells keep your foot aloft in Florsheim Shoes with flexole i . . a permanent insole of spongy foam latex, covered with a special glove-soft- calfskin. Because it is inseamed right into the shoe, it will not work loose, bunch or lose its buoyant life. We Have Many, Many Different Styles And Colors to Choose from $2195 to It . . . Robinson Bros. Carry It! QUALITY DUDS Fighfs By UNITED PRESS San Francisco: Rocky Marciano. 189. Brockton, Mass., stopped Don Co ckell. 205. England. (9) retained his world heavyweight tiUe. New York (St. Nicholas Arena): Paddy De Marco. 140, Brooklyn, out pointed Libby Manzo. 138, New York (10). Brooklyn (Eastern Parkway): Hardy Smallwood. 155?i, Brooklyn, out pointed Bob Provissi, 160. Freeland, Pa. (10). Champ Gets $120,000 in Title Fight San Francisco (U.R) Of ficials of the International Box ing club estimated today that Rocky Marciano will receive approximately $120,000 for last night's fight with Don Cockel, without taking into considera tion possible returns from the movies. Other Receipts In addition to the $196,720 gross gate, other income includ ed $35,800 for the broadcast in the United States and $2800 for the shortwave cast to the Brit ish Isles, and an estimated $100,000 from theater television. A total receipts without the movies should approximate $335,320, they said. Of this, Rocky's 40 per cent would ap proach $120,000 and Cockell's 20 per cent would be near $60,000. Managing Director Harry Markson of the IBC saK the dis appointing gate was certainly no proof, or even indication, that San Francisco was not a "big gate city." Bad Publicity He stressed that even before Marciano and Cockell had arriv- API Mil MASSAG1C- ' V j heel for bouyaney rfCSfeKllX Outstanding style originality provides a wide choice of fast-stepping patterns in our stock of fashion-crafted Massagic Shoes. And if you yearn for luxurious comfort, it is definitely yours because of Massagic's famous patented, resilient air cushion and flexible Arch Lift. Come in for a style-plus-comfort fitting. 9 P.M. SOS MedfordJITribunb Tommy Farr Criticizes All Squawks by British Writers Hove, England (U.R) For mer British and Empire heavy weight boxing champion Tom my Farr criticized his country men today for "squawking" that Rocky Marciano defeated Don Cockell by fighting unfairly. "Cockell let neither himself nor his country down," Farr said. "It was a good fight, but there was too much squawking be forehand. "When I went to America to meet Joe Louis, I had every thing arranged previously at Eastbourne. I said I wanted this and that, and they abided by it 100 per cent. "Why didn't they arrange these things before they left here. It's' no good squawking 7000 miles away." Farr criticized British sports writers' charges that Marciano butted Cockell. "I think too much emphasis has been laid on an accidental butt," he said. ed in the San Francisco area to train the fight had received al most unsurmountable bad pub licity from the East. The fighters' purses are taken from the net receipts. AH of the figures in today's calculations are net except the $196,720 gross gate. That would provide a net gate of approximately $161,311: Next to Pick's Apparel Medford, Oregon O "It's obvious that Cockell slowed down half way through and Marciano thought 'At last I've cut him down to size'." Will Cockell get another crack at the world heavyweight crown? "No, not a hope," replied Farr. Meg Cops Derby Laurels at KF Meg of Hillcrest, a labrador female, owned and handled by William M. McAllister, 2615 Hillcrest rd., Medford, was win ner of the, derby stake Sunday in a picnic trial near Klamath Falls sponsored, by the . Shasta Cascade Retriever club. There were nine dogs entered in the stake. Bracken's Flash," labrador male, owned and handled by C. Weldon Kline, 18 South Grove land ave., Medford, was third in open ' all-age competition. There were 11 entries. BOUT SET New Orleans (U.R) Ralph Dupas, 19-year-old master of the jab and dazzling footwork, meets his old conqueror, Frankie Ryff of Brooklyn, in a 10-round light weight bout here tonight and it "could be" that the winner will get a shot at champion Jimmy ' Carter sometime after June. PARK FREE In the parkins let directly be hind our store or in tho parking lot on the corntr of Main and Front Stretts.
